Hanna Nagel

Hanna Nagel, Self Portrait. She was born in 1907 and was a German illustrator and graphic artist. The drawing above is for sale on Ebay 

Blog link. Wikipedia Link.

HANNA NAGEL: DAS FRUHE WERK (Hanna Nagel: the Early Work)

25 Zeichnungen Zu Dostojewskij " Die Sanfte ", Von Hanna Nagel,

Hanna Nagel 1907-1975, Protokolle Einer Wirklichleit Zeichnungen Von 1926 Bis 1931

Hanna Nagel: Ich zeichne weil es mein Leben ist (German Edition)

Den Zeitgeist im Visier: Kritischer Realismus in Baden, 1914-1933 : Georg Scholz, Karl Hubbuch, Wilhelm Schnarrenberger, Hanna Nagel (German Edition)

La Vie Parisienne - Drawings of Women

 On the left the cover by P. Brissaud, on the right a cover by R. Prejelan.

 

Women through the ages by C. Herouard, and Deja Prete by C. Herouard.

Nos tyrans  by R. Prejelan, and the Three Graces by George Barbier.

Entire magazines and prints are for sale on  Ebay.

La Vie Parisienne

Life Drawing - Croquis de Pierre Lissac

Leonnec: Illustrateur de La vie parisienne (French Edition)

Another blog, Retrorambling, has a series of posts about the illustrators of La Vie Parisienne.

 

The Girls from La Vie Parisienne

Arno Breker - female drawings

Arno Breker was best known for his athletic almost mannerist sculptures executed in Germany leading up to and during the World War II for many government commissions. He even traveled with Hitler to Paris after France was occupied. What I didn't know about him was that he was a more complex figure and used his influence with the government to win release of French sculptors, casters and stone masons from prison camps in order to work in his own studio. He participated in Operation White Dove to prevent Picasso from being arrested and sent to a concentration camp. In 1948 he was denazified in a court proceeding. After 1946 he had no room to work on sculpture in his studio in Bavaria and he concentrated on drawing and watercolors mostly of the female figure of which these are likely examples. Information from meaus.com. Examples of the sculptures at Peter Crawford's blog.

Andre Eugene Costilhes

This drawing by Andre Eugene Costilhes is for sale on Ebay.

 

Link to auction results, Askart. Artvalue.

Other works at Rouillac.com, and Arcadja auction results.

Arthur Zaidenberg - Studies in Figure Drawing

Arthur Zaidenberg was a teacher and author in New York City. He was born in New York City in 1908. He studied at the Art Student League in New York City, and at the National Academy of Design, Beaux Arts in Paris, Kunstakademie in Munich and the American Academy in Rome.

Arthur Zaidenberg's drawings appear to build on the drawings and paintings of Paul Cezanne because he builds his figures by observing the planes that make up the figure. His teaching also emphasizes the construction of object by combining simple shapes to build the whole.

From the New York Times obituary: "In 1938, Mr. Zaidenberg published his revolutionary techniques, which were based on his theory that a person who could write the alphabet could combine simple shapes and draw. He was also the first teacher at New York University to use nude models in his life drawing classes."

The images here are from Studies in figure drawing.





A copy is for sale on Ebay. Click here to see the book for sale on Ebay.

He was an incredibly prolific author. Amazon's listing of his books. One title still in print is Draw Anything. Scans of some of the pages from Anyone Can Draw are at Fulltable.com. Amazon's search for books by Arthur Zaidenberg

A similar book is Drawing the Human Figure, you can find it and others on Ebay. Click here to see the books for sale on Ebay.

A really rare book by Arthur Zaidenberg combines photographs by Alexander Paal, with analytical sketches by Arthur Zaidenberg, Body in art, by Alexander Paal; with twenty-four studies sketched and analyzed by Arthur Zaidenberg, another copy is also at Amazon.com

Examples from Anyone Can Draw at Fulltable.

Body in Art by Alexander Paal and Arthur Zaidenberg at Abebooks.com.